Ranking Every Major Performance In Carnival Row
3. Cara Delevingne (Vignette Stonemoss)
Cara Delevingne continues her career long trend here, being one of the best performers in an okay project yet again. After shining in Valerian And The City Of A Thousand Planets & Paper Towns (plus being one of the few to peek out from Margot Robbie’s shadow in Suicide Squad), Delevingne turns in another solid performance as Vignette Stonemoss.
She starts the show as the central character with a chaotic action sequence, but as the story ramps up, Orlando Bloom’s Philo takes centre stage. The late bursts from the likes of Jared Harris and Indira Varma fill the void that Delevingne leaves; once she’s arrested her role is greatly reduced.
Still considering all of the characters bar Philo have this ebb and flow to them, it can’t really be held against her. It’s an ensemble show at heart, and Delevingne rises above most of them.
The Irishy accent of the Fae is kept fairly consistent, and is much better at selling Vignette’s aggression than Delevingne’s usual cut glass posh accent. More able in the action sequences than in Suicide Squad, more chemistry than she had in Valerian and more likeable than in Paper Towns. Delevingne is starting to deliver on her potential.